In Pictures: Limerick's UL celebrate O'Connor Cup final win over UCC

UNIVERSITY of Limerick claimed the O'Connor Cup title after scoring a nail-biting 0-12 to 0-11 final victory over UCC at a wet and windy DCU Dóchas Éireann on Saturday afternoon.

This was ULs fifth win in the prestigious competition since 2014. Champions UL held a 0-10 to 0-4 lead at half-time.

UCC fought back strongly in the second half, but the Limerick side succeeded in maintaining their advantage until full-time. 

SCORERS: UL: F Tangney 0-4 (2f), A Morrissey 0-4 (2f), N O’Connor 0-1, E Fitzpatrick 0-1, H O’Donoghue 0-1, A Reidy 0-1.

UCC: K Quirke 0-3 (2f), E Cleary 0-2 (1f), C McCarthy 0-2, K Hogan 0-1 (1f), S O’Leary 0-1, C S Leahy 0-1, L O’Mahony 0-1.

UL: R Landers; A Molloy, S Ni Chonnaill, C Boyle; C Needham, R Ambrose, E O’Shea; N O’Connor, A Reidy; Z Fay, E Fitzpatrick, D Beirne; A Morrissey, F Tangney, H O’Donoghue. Substitues: L Noone for Boyle (30), S Cunney for Beirne (37), A Sexton for Fitzpatrick (49), A O’Rourke for Morrissey (49).

UCC: C Forde; R Corkery, J O’Gorman, S Leahy; J O’Sullivan, I Sheehan, L O’Mahony; K Horgan, E Mullins; K Hogan, E Cleary, C McCarthy; A Carey, K Quirke, S O’Leary. Substitutes: A Fennessy for Carey (45), N Martin for O’Sullivan (57).

REFEREE: Jonathan Murphy (Carlow)

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